Para-Badminton World Championship 2022: Ace Shuttler Pramod Bhagat Advances to Singles, Doubles Finals
Pramod Bhagat is competing in his seventh World Championship of his career. In his previous six competitions, he has won five gold, one silver, and three bronze medals in singles and doubles. At the ongoing Para-Badminton World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, he is just one win away from successfully defending his two gold medals.
New Delhi, Nov 5: Ace shuttler Pramod Bhagat is one step away from defending his double gold medal at the ongoing Para-Badminton World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Pramod Bhagat, who is playing his seventh career World Championships, has won a total of five gold, one silver, and three bronze medals in singles and doubles in the six championships he has played. Moreover, except for the 2007 and 2017 World Championships, Pramod has reached the finals in all the editions. Saturday's exciting semifinal match was between Pramod Bhagat and Japan's Daisuki Fujihara in which Pramod entered the final with a score of 22-20, 21-14. He will meet his countryman Nitesh Kumar in the final. Hylo Open 2022: Indian Duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Reach Quarterfinals of BWF Super 300 Competition
In the same way, Pramod Bhagat and his doubles partner Manoj Sarkar went past the pair of Guillaume Gaily and Mathieu Thomas of France easily with a scoreline of 21-08, 21-16 and reached the final. They will meet Indonesia's Ramdani and Ukun Runkandi in the final on Sunday. On the other hand, World No.3 Sukant Kadam went down fighting in his semifinal match against Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan with a score of 20-22 and 15-21.
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